Till.



E. R. GRIBBEN.-

TILL. APPucATloN FILED MAY31.1915.

Patented Apr. 2,1918.

1T STATE AET F,

EARL R. GRIBBEN, OF POLK, OHIO.

TILL.

Application tiled May 31, 1916.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that EARL R. GRIBBEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Polk` in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful lmprovemcnts in Tills, 'of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a till which may be connected with a counter or advantageously used in connection with a cash register.

The priinary object of the inventionis to provide a till having a section forming a bottom and end wall thereof with the section recessed to provide the same with a face curved upwardly and inwardly at one end of the section upon the arcs of two circles with a portion of the curved surface formed b v one of the arcs providing a transversely extending lip to cause change while being removed from the till to be directed into the hand of the person removing the change.

Another object of the invention is to curve the upper face of the section which forms an end and bottoni of the till in suoli a manner that as the change is moved over the curved face of said section7 it will be directed toward the rear of the till when brought into' contact with the lip formed by the curved face of said section thus obviating the likelihood of the change being spilled upon the floor while being withdrawn from the till.

A further object of the invention is to provide the section with a face curved in such a manner that when the thumb of the person withdrawing the change from the till is rested upon the lip and the money engaged with the foreinger and moved upwardly over said curved face, it will be brought into contact with the ball of the thumb thus facilitating the removal of change from within the till.

A still further object of the invention is to provide sides for the till which are rccessed for a portion of their length on their upper edges to co-act with the overhanging lip on said section in facilitating the removal of change from the till.

lith these and other objects in view7 the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in the accompany Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Serial No. 100,861.

ing drawing, although no restriction is necessarily made to the precise details of construction therein shown7 as changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts through the several views in the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view looking at the front end of the till constructed in aecordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the till looking at the rear end thereof.

Fig. S is a vertical longitudinal sectimial view through the till.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates a section of the till which is recessed, as at 2, to form a face 3 curved upwardly and inwardly at one end of the section upon the arc of two circles'` with the radius of one of the arcs being a pproximately one-fourth the length of the radius of the other arc to provide a lip 4. rl`he lip il extends inwardly of the till to overhang the curved face 3 and extends transversely of the section 1.

rllhe recess in the section 1 enables the saine to serve as an end wall and a bottom for the till, while the lip 4 is so arranged as to provide a Jthumb rest upon which the thumb may be placed when withdrawing money from the till. Side walls 5 are secured to the sides of the section 1 and each side wall is recessed for a portion ol its length along its upper edge, as at 6, said recess extending from the lip 4 to the rear end of the section l, so that the upper edge of the sidewalls are spaced slightly below the lip 4 in the rear thereof to enable money to be more easily withdrawn from the till than would be possible if the upper edge of the side walls 5 were to lie in the same plane as the lip 4:.

An end wall 7 is secured to the side walls 5 and to the reduced end of the section 1, thus completing the till.

ln removing change from the till, the thumb is placed on the lip 4 and the fingers are inserted within the till and placed upon the change therein. By moving the ingers toward the thumb, the change is moved over 'thc curved face on the section 1 and directed by the lip 4 toward the end wall 7 and upon the fingers, so that should the change slide therefrom it will fall. upon the portion of the curved face 3 formed by the circle having the longer radius and directed by this portion of the curved surface toward the end Wall 7 of the till.

TWhen a single piece of money is to be removed from the till, it Will be seen that as the money is moved upwardly over the curved face 3, the lip l directs the coin between the ball of the thumb and the finger engaged with the coin, so that there is no unnecessary movement of the thumb or finger required to firmly grip the coin when the same has been passed beyond the lip 4 as is the case With money tills non7 in common use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying druwing, it is at once apparent that a till has been provided which although simple in construction and inexpensive of manufacture is so Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

constructed as to prevent change from being spilled While being removed therefrom.

Havingthus described the invention, what claimed as new, is:

A coin till including a rectangular boxlike structure, the front and bottom whereof being formed from a single element, the bottom being gradually inclined upwardly from the back of the till to the front thereof and being further rounded upwardly to the said front, the front7 upon its inner face being concaved from the said rounded portion of the bottom and being arranged at an out- Ward angle from the terminal of the rounded conoaved portion providing the inner edge of the front with a pointed lip the top of the front being straight and being elevated above the sides of the till.

in testimony whereof I afhX my signature.

EARL R. GRlBBEN.

Washington, D. C. 

